catastrophic
adj. 灾难的；悲惨的；灾难性的，毁灭性的
adj.
灾难的；惨重的，悲惨结局的；
英英释义
catastrophic
adj.extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
"a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"
同义词：ruinous
词组短语
catastrophic failure突变失效；灾难性故障
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic.
换上严重疾病很可能会是一场经济灾难。
The effects of global warming, while not immediate, are potentially catastrophic.
全球气温上升的后果虽然并非即时发生，但可能潜伏着大灾难。
My catastrophic car accident had left me unconscious and in critical condition.
灾难性的车祸使我失去知觉，情况危急。
The failure of the talks could have catastrophic consequences.
会谈的失败可能会导致灾难性的后果。
On this issue, the consequences of inaction could be catastrophic.
在这个问题上，不采取行动将会带来灾难性的后果。
权威例句
Catastrophic shifts in ecosystemsHousehold catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis
Catastrophic cascade of failures in interdependent networks.
Catastrophic regime shifts in ecosystems: linking theory to observation
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize Talk: Catastrophic cascade of failures in interdependent networks
Regulatory T cells prevent catastrophic autoimmunity throughout the lifespan of mice.
...and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic ...
Self-organized patchiness and catastrophic shifts in ecosystems.
Catastrophic ape decline in western equatorial Africa.
Forcing of the cold event of 8,200 years ago by catastrophic drainage of Laurentide lakes
catastrophic (adj.)
1824, from catastrophe + -ic. Related: Catastrophical; catastrophically.
1. As an author, libraries are the place you go to meet your readers, the centre of their community, and to lose this service would be catastrophic.
作为一名作家，图书馆是你能和读者见面的地方，他们的社区的中心，失去图书馆的后果将是灾难性的。
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2. Though military action is an option, the consequences of the United States or Israel attacking Iran would be catastrophic.
尽管军事行动是一个选项，但美国或以色列袭击伊朗的后果将是灾难性的。
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3. If you start smoking then, you may have made not only a medical mistake but a catastrophic genetic mistake.
如果那时你就开始吸烟，你不仅犯了一个医学错误，更是一个灾难性的遗传错误。
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4. The only option would be a catastrophic default.
届时唯一的选择将是灾难性的违约。
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5. Moreover, the costs of caring for these diseases can be catastrophic for impoverished households, anchoring them even deeper in poverty.
而且，治疗这些疾病的费用对于贫困家庭来说可能是灾难性的，会使它们更深地陷入贫困。
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6. Treasury officials have said this would be"catastrophic.
财政部官员表示这将是“灾难性的”。
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7. All this will be difficult, but it would be much better than a catastrophic adjustment.
所有这些实行起来都会有困难，但这比灾难性的调整要好得多。
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8. They only happen every few hundred years, perhaps, but when they do happen the results are catastrophic.
这样的事件几百年才发生一次，也许是这样，但当他们一旦发生，后果是灾难性的。
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9. And trust in rising home value as a truism as reliable as a sunrise was a major contributor to the catastrophic collapse of the economy.
并且对于家庭价值作为真实性而信任，认为它和日出一样的可靠，这份信任是经济灾难性崩溃的主要贡献者。
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10. I have my world phone, but I left word not to be disturbed unless it was a catastrophic emergency.
我带着自己的全球电话，但我留下了话，除非是灾难性的紧急事故，否则不要打扰我。
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11. But what would Pakistan have done with a telephone call saying that there would be large and catastrophic flooding?
但是巴基斯坦如果接到一个电话说会出现大型的灾难性洪水，那么它会做什么呢？
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12. Copying, he points out, can be catastrophic — the history of market bubbles is testament to that.
他指出，纯粹的复制将会是灾难性的，市场泡沫的历史就是对此的明证。
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13. Julie certainly knew how catastrophic her smallness was. However, she also discovered the space where the rottenness of abuse could not reach her.
朱莉当然明白自己的渺小是多么的悲惨，她同时也发现了一个龌龊的虐待不可能伤害她的空间。
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14. But China is also engaged in the global negotiations for the post-Kyoto regime, and its participation is essential if catastrophic climate change is to be avoided.
即便如此，中国还是在后京都协定时代参与了全球谈判，而且为了避免灾难性气候变化中国的参与是必不可少的。
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15. The aim of the charter is to raise awareness about the need to put children at the heart of disaster risk reduction as they are among those who suffer most from catastrophic events.
这项契约的目标是让人们认识到，需要把儿童置于减轻灾难风险的中心地位。因为儿童是在灾难性事件中受害最严重的群体之一。
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16. The aim of the charter is to raise awareness about the need to put children at the heart of disaster risk reduction as they are among those who suffer most from catastrophic events.
这项契约的目标是让人们认识到，需要把儿童置于减轻灾难风险的中心地位。因为儿童是在灾难性事件中受害最严重的群体之一。
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17. In a perfect world, this would be sufficient, but computers and software can crash, power can fail, and other unpredictable, catastrophic events can conspire to erase your work.
在一个完美的世界里，这就足够了。 但是计算机和软件会崩溃，电源可能会断掉，其他不可预测的灾难会凑巧同时发生而丢掉你的工作。
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18. For this nearly catastrophic rupture, Roosevelt was himself in large measure responsible.
对于他党内近于灾难性的分裂，大部分要由罗斯福本人负责。
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19. The guilty president was suppressing the catastrophic news.
应该承担罪责的总统扣压着这个灾难性消息。
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20. In itself this was not a catastrophic turn.
就这件事本身而论，还不算是一次灾难性的变化。
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21. Figure 10-8: Ejector seat levers have catastrophic results.
图10-8 弹射操纵杆具有灾难般的后果。
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22. In our business, a swing of 15 percent is catastrophic.
在我们这个行业中，15％的变化实在是个灾难。
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23. Military airplanes can be subjected to simulated battle damage so that studies can be made of possible catastrophic effects.
军用飞机可以做空战被击伤的模拟试验，来研究其可能发生破坏的影响。
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24. That September there was another loss whose consequences to England, and perhaps even to Milton himself, were more far-reaching and catastrophic.
同年九月发生的另一个损失，其后果对于英国，也许甚至对于弥尔顿本人，都更加深远，更加具有灾难性。
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25. The progressive slowing down of these important cogs in the economic machinery of course had an immediate and catastrophic effect on all other segments of economy.
这些经济机构重要齿轮的日益松弛，自然对经济所有其他部门有直接和灾难性影响。
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26. In most cases, applications should never have one of these. Their only purpose is to report truly catastrophic occurrences (such as the hard disk melting) that affect the entire system or a real-world process. Modeless Dialog Boxes
大多数情况下，应用程序都不应该有系统模态对话框，系统模态存在的唯一理由是用来报告出现的真正影响整个系统或者真实世界的灾难（比如硬盘正在熔化）。
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